How these companies are getting ahead by putting communities, the environment and their employees at the top of their agendas For the seventh year, Maclean's has partnered with Sustainalytics, the leading independent provider of environmental, social and governance research, to determine the Top 50 Most Socially Responsible Companies in Canada. Social responsibility is central to the operations of these companies-they know it's smart business to consider global issues and the broader community, whether it is through offering discounted loans for electric cars or helping to set up organic cotton seed banks in India .